10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WCW Nitro
8. Production Should've Been Way Better
Eric Bischoff has confusingly switched between praising WWE for their production techniques in the 90s and bigging up WCW's cash-rich levels of equipment on his '83 Weeks' podcast. Listening to him talk about it all, it sounds like the Bisch knows WCW should've been blowing Vinnie Mac out of the water there.
It didn't though. Given Ted Turner's budget, the fact WCW had access to top-notch camera equipment and the backing of an entire TV network, Nitro should've looked better than it ever did. Not in terms of picture quality, but more in terms of segment-to-segment smoothness, graphics and things of that nature.
There were far too many production errors and 'dead air' moments.
This problem persisted throughout the show's shelf life, and actually worsened from 1999 onwards. It's slightly jarring to watch a company who, for a spell, were the biggest around fail to work simple production mechanics like count-ins or transitions for almost six years.